#42BCBD#42BCBD

#42BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCBD
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -32.64, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 34.26, 197.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1018 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.106 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4112, 40.7955, 54.4585)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCBD #BD4342

analogous

#42BD81 #42BCBD #427EBD

triadic

#42BCBD #BD42BC #BCBD42

tetradic

#42BCBD #8142BD #BD4342 #7EBD42

square

#42BCBD #8142BD #BD4342 #7EBD42

split-complementary

#42BCBD #BD427E #BD8142

monochromatic

#226262 #328F90 #42BCBD #6FCCCD #9DDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#42BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCBD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCBD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d0',
    500: '#42bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcbd;
$custom-light: #86d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.488,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7294,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCBD

secondary

#C99292

accent

#5150D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCBD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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